Luke 15:29
American Standard Version
But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
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Luke 15:29 in other translations
But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
Luke 15:29 in context
- 27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
- 28But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.
- 29But he answered and said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, and I never transgressed a commandment of thine; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
- 30but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.
- 31And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that is mine is thine.